by Daisy | Nov 29, 2011 | Garden, Permaculture
After I started reading Toby Hemenway’s book, Gaia’s Garden, I decided I had to have a mandala garden. A mandala garden is a form of keyhole garden, which you may be more familiar with. For those of you completely new to the concept, let me explain. A...
by Daisy | Nov 25, 2011 | Recipes
I made summer rolls from Didi Emmonds’ new book, Wild Flavors. It was an unassuming recipe and I didn’t have huge expectations because of its simplicity. But when I served it and we dug in, I kept saying to my husband, “This is really good,...
by Daisy | Nov 21, 2011 | Conversation, Fencepost
It began with a phone call. My mom had just returned home from visiting one of my brothers, who lives on a farm in the country. “Your brother sent you something,” she said. “What is it?” I asked. There was a slight pause. “You’ll...
by Daisy | Nov 18, 2011 | Garden, Permaculture
This is the tail end of the season to sow cover crops. I planted the mandala garden in a mixed cover crop at the beginning of November, and a last ditch second crop on top of my hugelkultur bed last weekend. On top of all the reasons to grow cover crops, I have a...
by Daisy | Nov 16, 2011 | Garden, Permaculture
First, of course, what in the world am I talking about? Hugelkultur (from the German, hill culture) is a method of building a garden bed. It hails from the permaculture world and means building a bed either by piling up wood and branches on the surface of the soil or...
